diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 741ed31ae..7ebad6820 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: styler
 Title: Non-Invasive Pretty Printing of R Code
-Version: 1.7.0.9000
+Version: 1.7.0.9001
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Kirill",
              family = "Müller",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 89b23fd57..e7c31f3ed 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* new R option `styler.ignore_alignment` controls if alignment should be 
+  detected (and preserved) or not (#932).
+* the cache is also invalidated on changing the stylerignore markers (#932).
+
 # styler 1.7.0
 
 * if `else` follows directly after `if`, line breaks are removed (#935).
diff --git a/R/rules-spaces.R b/R/rules-spaces.R
index 9dd6fdcb0..56532f0e9 100644
--- a/R/rules-spaces.R
+++ b/R/rules-spaces.R
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ set_space_around_op <- function(pd_flat, strict) {
   }
   if (sum(pd_flat$lag_newlines) > 2 &&
     is_function_call(pd_flat) &&
-    any(pd_flat$token %in% c("EQ_SUB", "','"))
+    any(pd_flat$token %in% c("EQ_SUB", "','")) &&
+    !getOption("styler.ignore_alignment", FALSE)
   ) {
     is_on_aligned_line <- token_is_on_aligned_line(pd_flat)
   } else {
diff --git a/R/utils-cache.R b/R/utils-cache.R
index 517ddd6c8..c41501433 100644
--- a/R/utils-cache.R
+++ b/R/utils-cache.R
@@ -204,9 +204,13 @@ get_cache_dir <- function(cache_name = cache_get_name()) {
 #' Syntactic sugar for creating more specs. This is useful when we want to add
 #' more arguments (because we can search for this function in the source code).
 #' @keywords internal
-cache_more_specs <- function(include_roxygen_examples, base_indention) {
+cache_more_specs <- function(include_roxygen_examples,
+                             base_indention) {
   list(
     include_roxygen_examples = include_roxygen_examples,
-    base_indention = base_indention
+    base_indention = base_indention,
+    ignore_alignment = getOption("styler.ignore_alignment", FALSE),
+    ignore_start = getOption("styler.ignore_start", .default_ignore_start),
+    ignore_stop = getOption("styler.ignore_start", .default_ignore_stop)
   )
 }
diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 9666a62c0..d5843ed3b 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.default_ignore_start <- "styler: off"
+.default_ignore_stop <- "styler: on"
+
 .onLoad <- function(libname, pkgname) {
   op <- options()
   op.styler <- list(
@@ -5,8 +8,9 @@
     styler.cache_root = NULL,
     styler.cache_name = styler_version,
     styler.colored_print.vertical = TRUE,
-    styler.ignore_start = "styler: off",
-    styler.ignore_stop = "styler: on",
+    styler.ignore_alignment = FALSE,
+    styler.ignore_start = .default_ignore_start,
+    styler.ignore_stop = .default_ignore_stop,
     styler.quiet = FALSE,
     styler.test_dir_writable = TRUE
   )
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-cache-interaction-more-specs.R b/tests/testthat/test-cache-interaction-more-specs.R
index 101232c73..9d3dd1af7 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-cache-interaction-more-specs.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-cache-interaction-more-specs.R
@@ -10,6 +10,20 @@ test_that("base_indention is respected in caching", {
   )
 })
 
+test_that("ignore_alignment is respected in caching", {
+  local_test_setup(cache = TRUE)
+  text <- c("call(", "  arxone = 1,", "  tw3    = 2", ")")
+  text_without_alignment <- c("call(", "  arxone = 1,", "  tw3 = 2", ")")
+  with_detection <- style_text(text)
+  withr::local_options(styler.ignore_alignment = TRUE)
+  without_detection <- style_text(text)
+  expect_equal(
+    as.character(without_detection),
+    as.character(text_without_alignment)
+  )
+  expect_equal(cache_info(format = "tabular")$n, 2)
+})
+
 test_that("cache is deactivated at end of caching related testthat file", {
   expect_false(cache_is_activated())
 })
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-interaction-caching-stylerignore.R b/tests/testthat/test-interaction-caching-stylerignore.R
index b9e3a94c1..c380b5fd7 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-interaction-caching-stylerignore.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-interaction-caching-stylerignore.R
@@ -168,6 +168,25 @@ test_that("indention preserved in stylerignore when caching activated", {
   )
 })
 
+test_that("changing ignore markers invalidates cache", {
+  opts <- list(
+    list(styler.ignore_stop = "noqua: stop", n = 1),
+    list(styler.ignore_start = "noqua: start", n = 3)
+  )
+  purrr::walk(opts, function(opt) {
+    local_test_setup(cache = TRUE)
+    text7 <- c(
+      "# styler: off",
+      "1 + 1",
+      "# styler: on"
+    )
+    style_text(text7)
+    rlang::exec(withr::local_options, !!!opt[-length(opt)])
+    style_text(text7)
+    expect_equal(cache_info(format = "tabular")$n, opt[["n"]])
+  })
+})
+
 test_that("cache is deactivated at end of caching related testthat file", {
   expect_false(cache_is_activated())
 })
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-public_api.R b/tests/testthat/test-public_api.R
index cda27b549..cade28061 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-public_api.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-public_api.R
@@ -496,3 +496,27 @@ test_that("Can display warning on unset styler cache", {
   withr::local_seed(7)
   expect_silent(ask_to_switch_to_non_default_cache_root(ask = TRUE))
 })
+
+
+test_that("alignment detection can be turned off.", {
+  withr::local_options(
+    "styler.ignore_alignment" = TRUE,
+    "styler.colored_print.vertical" = FALSE
+  )
+  text_in <- paste0(
+    "call(\n",
+    "  xb =  13,\n",
+    "  t  = 'a'\n",
+    ")"
+  )
+  text_out <- c(
+    "call(",
+    "  xb = 13,",
+    "  t = \"a\"",
+    ")"
+  )
+
+  expect_true(all(
+    style_text(text_in) == text_out
+  ))
+})